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Bosea (after Kaspar Bose, German amateur of plants, at Leipzig, about 1700). Amarantaceae. Syn., Bosia. Woody plants, rarely cultivated for their ornamental crimson berries.
Upright shrub: Lvs. petioled, alternate, ovate to ovate- lanceolate, entire: fls. small, with 2-4 bracts at. the base, in terminal spikes or racemes; sepals and stamens 5; petals wanting; ovary with 3 subulate stigmas: fr a 1-seeded berry.—Three species in the Canary Isls., Cyprus and Himalayas. They can be cult. only in warmer temperate regions. Prop, by seeds and probably by cuttings of young wood.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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